Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for workers

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it can reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time staff who need to travel to a different state for health care services, together with abortions.

The attire company greatest identified for its denims is the latest U.S. company to supply the profit as varied states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom seems set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion revealed by Politico on Monday. read more

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"Given what's at stake, enterprise leaders need to make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our workers. Which means defending reproductive rights," the company stated in a press release.

Different corporations have pledged to offer comparable help to their U.S. employees who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted access to abortion services.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday instructed employees it should pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, amongst them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it'll start in Might to cover bills for its staff and their dependents who have to travel to another state for abortion providers. read extra

One of the leading Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, stated it could reimburse travel bills associated to receiving ladies's reproductive health companies that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to assist the appropriate to choose that has been a bedrock of settled legislation for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief govt, wrote in a workers memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the primary major U.S. bank to make the same commitment. learn extra

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Reporting by Doyinsola Oladipo; Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Editing by Anna Driver, Alexandra Hudson, Kirsten Donovan

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